[IGFmaglist] Proposal of a main session on NETmundial

[Flavio Rech Wagner]

Dear MAG members

For your consideration, please find below and also attached as a PDF 
document a proposal for a main session entitled "The NETmundial 
Multistakeholder Declaration and the Evolution of the Internet 
Governance Ecosystem".

IGF 2015 will happen around 18 months after the NETmundial event in São 
Paulo, in April 2014. It will be time to take stock of how well is the 
Internet Governance community advancing regarding both the governance 
principles enshrined in the final NETmundial Multistakeholder 
Declaration and the actions proposed in its roamap.

It is especially relevant to remember that the NETmundial declaration 
proposes IGF as the focal point for the discussion of many issues that 
are not being adequately addressed by existing organizations and fora. 
Among other aspects, the session shall take stock of how well those 
issues are being handled by the community and how can IGF in particular 
advance in their discussion.

Please notice: this session IS NOT about the NETmundial Initiative!

I thank those who contributed to the proposal.

Best regards

Flavio

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*Title
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The NETmundial Multistakeholder Declaration and the Evolution of the 
Internet Governance Ecosystem



*Goals*


1)To take stock of the evolution of the IG ecosystem with regard to (a) 
the principles enshrined in the NETmundial Multistakeholder Declaration 
and (b) its roadmap.


2)To assess the current and future impact of the NETmundial 
Multistakeholder Declaration on IG processes.

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Relevance to the IGF and to the IG community*


The NETmundial event has been considered a landmark on the IG ecosystem, 
both because of its multistakeholder processes and because of its 
concrete outcome, namely the NETmundial Multistakeholder Declaration. 
This declaration covers a wide range of IG issues that are of great 
interest to IGF. In particular, the declaration proposes IGF as the 
focal point for the discussion of many issues that are not being 
adequately addressed by existing organizations and fora. The session 
shall take stock of how well those issues are being handled by the 
community and how can IGF in particular advance in their discussion.

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Invited participants*


A selected number of speakers will represent the four main stakeholder 
sectors, as in the NETmundial event (governments, private, civil 
society, academic/technical), respecting diversity regarding geographic 
regions and gender and also representing main organizations and fora 
involved in IG processes.

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Description*


Participants shall address three main issues:

1)Are organizations and fora following the principles of IG laid down in 
the NETmundial Declaration? Are there efforts to correct possible 
problems with this regard?

2)How well is each item in the NETmundial roadmap being covered by the 
current IG ecosystem? Are those items being covered according to the 
NETmundial principles? What else should be done / initiated by the 
community in this regard?

3)How can the IG community advance towards the NETmundial proposal of 
turning the IGF into the focal point for the discussion of those issues 
that are not being adequately addressed by the current IG ecosystem?

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Format and outcome*


Initial short presentations by the invited speakers will set the scene 
and synchronize the audience with the NETmundial Declaration and with 
the main challenges deriving from it. Discussions shall mainly involve 
the audience. Remote participation will be strengthened, for instance 
adopting mechanisms already applied at the NETmundial event, such as 
remote hubs. Local and online participants will line up in four 
microphones, one for each sector, as in the NETmundial event. A 
rapporteur will prepare a document with main conclusions and 
recommendations.




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